Alberto Torres (

Itaboraí Itaboraí (, ) is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, that belongs to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. It was founded in 1672. In 2020, it had a population of 242,543. Location Culturally, its closest municipalities are Sã ...

, 1885 -

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, 1917) was a politician and a Brazilian social thinker who was concerned about national unity and the organization of the society of

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. In his work, he opposed the ideas of

socialism Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

and

individualism Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and to value independence and self-relia ...

as incompatible to the Brazilian reality and believed them to be responsible for the disintegration of society. He believed that objectively understanding Brazilian society is necessary to know its needs and to present pragmatic changes to it. To do so, a strong state must lead changes. His ideas were very much in use during

Brazilian Revolution of 1930 The Revolution of 1930 () was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent President Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, conclud ...

and the

1964 Brazilian coup d'état The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ( pt, Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964), colloquially known in Brazil as the Coup of 64 ('), was a series of events in Brazil from March 31 to April 1 that led to the overthrow of President João Goulart by membe ...

. His daughter Heloísa Alberto Torres was a Brazilian anthropologist and museum director.

Works

* ''O problema nacional brasileiro'' * ''A organização nacional'' * ''As fontes da vida no Brasil'', 1915

References

* Rezende, Maria José de. Organização, coordenação e mudança social em Alberto Torres. Estudos de Sociologia, n. 8, 1º sem. 2000. * Souza, Ricardo Luiz de. Nacionalismo e autoritarismo em Alberto Torres. In: Sociologias, no. 13, 2005, pp. 302–323

Brazilian writers Ministers of Justice of Brazil 1865 births 1917 deaths {{Brazil-politician-stub